Financial Wake-Up Call 3-28-2007

How To Find Cheap Plane Tickets: Elizabeth over at Money For The Rest of us is putting together a 15 part series on how to save money when traveling. While a lot of it is common sense, there are some good nuggets thrown in as well, so if you are planning to travel anytime soon, you’ll want to check it out.

Free Public Transportation For San Francisco?: I would love to see something like this happen. Living in Japan, I ride public transportation all the time and find that it increases my productivity immensely since I can do other things instead of driving.

Denied a Mortgage Because You’re a Suspected Terrorist: If you are unlucky enough to have a certain name, or even part of your full name matches, you may find yourself accidentally labeled a possible suspected terrorist or drug trafficker. It can also mean financial difficulties such as not being able to get loans.